Reproduction

Culiseta melanura have a unique life cycle for a mosquito; the mosquito over winters as a larva as opposed to an adult. Eggs are laid singly onto the surface of water in crypts, which are stagnant pools of water. Eggs cannot survive without water, or they will dry out. Females can oviposit between 30 and 300 eggs at one time. The time it takes for the egg to hatch and undergo pupation is dependent upon the temperature of the environment. Adults disperse and reproduce within a 100 km radius of the site where they emerged.